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It depends. I'm sure the dairy you sell your milk to tests it. When we had our goat dairy, we had an extremely low bacterial count. We kept the milk house exceedingly clean, we made sure the goats' udders were well washed before hooking the take offs to them, we kept the pipeline and bulk...

I use llamas to protect my goats and sheep, and they are very effective. Coyotes are actually beneficial, without them we'd be over run by wood chucks. Most studies have shown that coyotes and wolves favorite food are rodents, especially wood checks. Besides, killing coyotes and wolves seem...

Point of view as far as what? Are they money makers? Absolutely not. There is almost no market for alpaca fiber. Most alpaca products come from South America. In the '90's there were TV commercials about how you could make all kinds of money raising alpacas. All of the alpacas I've had...

We've got 102 acres, near Cooperstown, New York.

Llamas can live 15 years or more. They are wonderful animals and very smart, and yes, kids generally love them.

We use llamas to protect our sheep and goats. Llamas will chase any predator while screaming. Llamas are pretty big, and most predators will take off when chased by something larger than they are, but if they don't run, llamas can give lethal kicks. Llamas are also very gentle with the...

I live in an area with a lot of Amish people. The Amish (at least around here) have plant auctions, that are probably their overstock of what they sell to nurseries. I've bought a lot at these auctions. Everything from annual flowers to trees. Most of the stock is excellent. Buying at...